Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-09-23

TIE SOUTHERN GIRL.
HOW SHE APPEARS TO AN lNvEsrIaAr.
mo CORRESPONDENT AT THE GREEN
Bi;IER WHITE.


The Southern girl is typo pecu.
liar to the soil. She resembles no
other young lady in the country. In
thought, manner and methods, she
Las distinct personality, and could
be picked out with case in multi
tude.
AS n rule she is slender and strong.
She is reasonably well modelled, n
tendency to tightlacing among the
traditions of her people having had
its natural effect to some extent upon
her figure. She is generally good
looking and very often handsome.
Her nervous personality is of value
in this direction, for her eyes are
bright and her perceptions quick.
She is as a rule high. spirited and
somewhat self.willcd. She is harder
to control than the Northern girl and
when she makes up her mind to get
married, and the old people object,
she usually carries out the programme
If it takes saddle horse and n rail
road train to accomplish it. None
the less, however, she is unusually
shrcwd in determining her choice,
and does not usually make mistake
She thinks for herself toa greater
extent than is the case in other sec
tions, and is quite able to take care
of herself under all the conditions
Tint environ her. She reads mon
clcvcrly and is herself somewhat dif.
iicult to read. She dresses we'll. Hero
she passes through three chrysalis
states daily, appearing Ns now kind
of butterfly each time. She dresses
for the forenoon, for example, in
brown and white silk; she appears at
dinner in lavender and whito, and ut
supper is panoplicd for the ball. She
is perfectly ut home in decollcttc and
likes it. She wears IL with ease and
Inconsistencies, however low in front
and hack, Just MS her mother and
grandmother did. Between times
she wears lawn tennis suit and is
master of the situation, whether it be
tennis court. the promenade or the
ball room.
Her style is rather pronounced.
She speaks in high-kcycd voice and
talks rapidly. She belongs to n So
cicty called "The' Growing Hens.r
1rSSlle speaks of her escort invariably
as her 'hilsssan and of the gentlemen
in general ms "lhe men. SIo 1lsI
never visible in public without one
of these useful and convenient arti-
cles beside her. With him she walks,
ridcs,-she rides wcll-sits under
parasol on the lawn OF adorns sofa
in the hall corners. She also sits,
whenever shu can, in window. The
moment she attainD popularity or
fame as n belle, the sofa and the
window sill arc her peculiar and cho-
sen arenas of fascination. Her con.
versation is directed mainly Mt the
topics Of the day, and badinagc of n
light and airy character. Her age is
from nineteen to twenty three. She
never passes the latter age. An OK
team could not make her. Her
younger sister, at that age which is
generally supposed to monopolizc
perfect innocence of the world and
white dresses, docs not come here.
She is kept at home awaiting her sis
ter's establishment, matrimonially,
when she will be allowed to cease
and do likewise.
The Southern girls particular
specially is dancing. She can dance
every dance under the sun, including
all the tip-ups, kicks and running
races which have been invented by
the dancing master since dancing
was taken froqsxsshe polite arts and
raised to a ramong athletic
sports. She, graceful of|
cancers sas' Tn's n12 4 ssss as,e
if it were hotel here,
for most bwould rather
but wits is generally true.
She is as W@ as fairy, and grace
ful as could be desired and is so
fond of floating over the floor, trois
temps, that she will dance with an.
other girl rather than keep still.
The Office of the chaperone seems
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